Sunday, October 24, 2010

This weekend we stayed just stayed at home. Hazel didn't sleep that well for a couple of nights, but other than that things went pretty smoothly. We had a nice dinner out at Henry's favorite diner (Meg and I were "celebrating" our anniversary). On Saturday Henry and I did errands and then later we all went shopping. I finally got some new shoes and Meg found a cute baptism outfit for Hazel.

On Saturday morning Henry was really cute with Hazel. I had Meg over to see some little spots on Hazel's chest (they were nothing) Henry then decided he should inspect her with his doctor tools. It was really cute. He also pretended to cut and tweezer her hair. "Hazel looks good!," he said afterward.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

1,000 dimes yielded six silver Rosies (1954, 1955D, 1957, 1958D, 1962, 1964), four Canadians and one Polish 10 Groszy. The 1955D (13,959,000 minted) was one of the three silver Rosies I needed for my album! This was the one dime I wasn't so sure I'd ever find. Now I only have two to go! (1946S, 27,900,000 minted; 1951S, 31,630,000 minted)

120 nickels (strange of this bank to have only so few) had nothing.

3,200 pennies turned up seventeen Wheats, thirty-two Canadians and two US dimes. The Wheats were:

2,840 quarters produced three Canadians, two Bermuda 25¢, one Guatemala 50¢ and one US nickel. The Guatemala coin is a new one for me.

3,700 dimes rounded up eight Canadians, two UK 5 pence and one US penny.

1,800 nickels had five Canadians (1 Ni) and two Bermuda 5¢. In the batch I also found a new one for me, 2009D.

13,400 pennies whipped up one Indian Head (1888), sixty Wheats (including two Steelies, from two sources), eighty-three Canadians, nineteen US dimes, one Bermuda 1¢, one UK penny and a one paper penny. The Indian Head I found is a bit green, but is really sharp. It is the oldest coin I've found this year. The Wheats were:

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Besides Hazel's sleeping we had a great long weekend. (That's a big besides because for three days in a row Meg got almost no sleep. :( Fortunately the last two nights haven't been better.) On Saturday we went to the park, went on a walk on the rail trail and then had a spontaneous dinner out at 50's retro diner. It was the first such meal we've had out in a long time and it went well. We'll definitely be going back to that place again with the kids. We followed things up with an apple cider making party at some friends of my in-laws on Sunday.

Monday I had off and spent more time visiting with family. Returning from the supermarket that night Henry spotted a free, large monster truck on the curb. It barely fit the trunk. It's one of those big battery powered riding vehicles you can buy at Toys 'R Us. The battery was removed and I was able to remove the drive mechanism completely to make a good push toy.

Yesterday my company held it's annual Golf Day at a course close to our home. I had my best game ever and am still feeling good about it.

Friday, October 8, 2010

I found my first large dollars of the year, forty. Nothing great in them though.

8,300 halves didn't turn up anything. That was a whole lot of work. Better luck this week, I hope.

7,400 quarters produced one silver Washington (1943), twelve Canadians, one US nickel, one Bahamas 25¢ and one Bermuda 25¢. That's my first new silver quarter in seven months! I also found a new modern quarter, the 2009D DC.

2,800 dimes had one silver Rosie (1962D), four Canadians, one Barbados 10¢, one Singapore 10¢ and one UK 5 pence.